ELSTOB & ELSTOB AUCTIONEERS - Fine Art, Antiques & Jewellery 29th February & 1st March

ELSTOB & ELSTOB AUCTIONEERS 92 Two Day Sale of Fine Art, Antiques & Jewellery including Fine Wines and Spirits - Saturday 29th February & Sunday 1st March 542 A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN MICRO-MOSAIC PLAQUE, rectangular, depicting a lion savaging a lion, in a leather case. Plaque 6cm by 4.5cm £3,000.00-£5,000.00 543 A GEORGE II GOLD SNUFF-BOX,APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1740, cartouche shaped, the hinged cover cast and chased with a scene of figures in a classical interior, engraved inside with the Royal coat-of-arms, in fitted cloth covered case, 7.5 cm. wide, 3.4 troy ounces. The present box can be compared to another unmarked box which was presented to RichardWellesley, 1st MarquessWellesley, the brother of the Duke ofWellington (Christie’s, South Kensington, July 2013, lot 237). £6,000.00-£8,000.00 544 A 19TH CENTURY CARVED COQUILLA NUT SNUFF BOX, the hinged cover carved in relief with religious artefacts including a monstrance and bishop’s mitre, the case further decorated with cross, bible and winged putti. Length 10cm £400.00-£600.00 545 A BILSTON BLUE COBALT ENAMEL PATCH BOX, 18TH CENTURY, oval, the hinged lid with mirror to the underside. 4.3cm wide £100.00-£200.00 546 A 19TH CENTURY LACQUER SNUFF BOX, rectangular with rounded sides, the hinged cover inlaid and applied with mother- of-pearl. 9cm wide £40.00-£60.00 547 AN IVORY-MOUNTED KNIFE AND FORK, c. 1800, each with slender ivory handle and urn-form finial, the fork with two tines. Knife 18.5cm £0.00-£0.00